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Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib
Skiers in front of the big timber lodge at the resort, Winter Park, Colorado
Winter Park, ColoradoSkiers in front of the big timber lodge at the resort

Photos: Galway by Dieglop, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Winter Park, Colorado by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Galway or Winter Park, Colorado?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Galway for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Galway’s own page.

Choose Winter Park, Colorado for

  • families
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Winter Park, Colorado’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Galway 28, Winter Park, Colorado 5: Galway leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Galway 45, Winter Park, Colorado 24: Galway leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Galway 33, Winter Park, Colorado 6: Galway leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Galway 50, Winter Park, Colorado 15: Galway leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galway 78, Winter Park, Colorado 88: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Galway 56, Winter Park, Colorado 38: Galway leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Galway 42, Winter Park, Colorado 62: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Galway 58, Winter Park, Colorado 42: Galway leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Galway 38, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Galway leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Galway 28, Winter Park, Colorado 25: Galway leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galway 57, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Galway leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galway 28, Winter Park, Colorado 46: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galway and Winter Park, Colorado.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Galway
Best match
45match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Winter Park, Colorado
31match

Wins on families and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Galway in July

20 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Winter Park, Colorado in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GalwayWinter Park, Colorado

Where the figures come from

Galway's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Shannon Airport.

Galway has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Winter Park, Colorado's temperatures are measured 90 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Winter Park, Colorado's station stands 269 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Winter Park, Colorado has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Galway: 1991-2020 normals, Shannon Airport (64.2 km from centre). Winter Park, Colorado: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (89.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalwayWinter Park, Colorado
Official languageEnglish, Irish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation25 m2,759 m
Main airportShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)95 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalwayWinter Park, Colorado
City population83,4561,033
People per km²1,56324
Museums within 10 km40
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.